Reference Guide

658 Working with loops and Groove Clips
Working with loops
4. Navigate to the folder that contains the MIDI content you want to preview, then click the file you
want to preview.
The Play button changes to a Stop button during preview.
For more information about the Browser, see “Browser” on page 559.
See:
“Working with loops” on page 658
“Working with Groove Clip audio” on page 659
“MIDI Groove Clips” on page 668
“Importing Project5 patterns” on page 672
Working with loops
You can make any audio clip into a loop by selecting the Looping check box in the Clip Inspector’s
Groove Clip section. Once looping is enabled, you can drag out loops to create multiple repetitions.
There are several other ways to enable looping:
To enable or disable a clip for looping
Select the clip you want to loop and do one of the following:
• In the Clip Inspector’s Groove Clip section, select the Looping check box.
• Press CTRL+L.
• Right-click the clip and choose Groove Clip Looping on the pop-up menu.
To create repetitions of a loop
1. Set the Snap value if you want the loop to repeat at precise time boundaries.
2. Move the cursor over the end of the loop-enabled clip until the cursor looks like this .
3. When the cursor changes, click the end or beginning of the clip and drag it to the right (if you are
dragging out from the end) or left (if you are dragging from the beginning).
The clip repeats itself until you stop dragging.
Note 1: Auto-Preview is enabled by default. If you disable Auto-Preview, you must click the
Play button each time you want to preview the selected audio file.
Note 2: MIDI Groove Clips loop indefinitely, but standard MIDI files play only once and do not
repeat.